Chair and couch



Aug. 30, 1932, J. KRONHEIM v 1,874,052

' CHAIR AND coucn' Filed April 6, 1951 FIG. l

. n e I INVENTOR.

JACOB ldmwzm m mwi-Vhb A TTORNE Y.

' Patented Aug. 30, 1932 1,874,052

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application filed April 6, 1931. Serial No. 528,023.

My invention rel'atesto an improvement in thereof may readily be connected to the resilient bottoms for upholstered furnitures helical springs C or S-shapcd hooks E, thus such as chairs and couches, andmore particuconnecting the rails 2--2 with bottom 4. larly to connecting devices and means for at- These hooks E are preferabl employed for 5 taching and supporting a yieldingbottom connecting the front edge 0 the bottom to 85 within a chair or couch frame preliminary to the front rail 2 in order to impart a degree upholstering the same. In general the 0b-. 0f rigidity to this part of the bottom. The ject of my improvement is to provide looped main body portions 6 of the member D are attachment means which may readily be closely related to each other to permit insleeved through openings in the wooden sertion of these portions through relatively frame or rails and automatically interlocked small openings 7 in rails 22 through which with the outer face of the rail by attaching, openings body portions 6 are inserted from the yielding bottom to the looped portions the outside of frame A, so that oppositely thereof in a stretched state. For such purbent branches 8 thereof may engage the outpose the attaching means according to the inside face of the rail and interlock therewith.

vention are made of elastic material, prefer- These branch portions 8 extend at an acute ably steel wire and shaped to permit a yieldangle relatively to main body portions 6 ing action between their main looped body preferably of approxin'iat-ely and the portion to which the yielding bottom is atouter ends thereof are cut on a bias to form tached and their holding or retaining extensharp pointed prongs 9 with their points sions, all as hereinafter more fully described facing toward the outer face of rails 2-2 and particularly pointed out in the accomagainst which they are seated. panyi' ng drawing in which Fig. l is a sec- In practice, when attaching devices D are tional View of a chair or couch frame showing placed as described and connected under tenthe attachment means embodying my invension with the bottom l through the medium tion. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of springs C or S-shaped hooked members horizontally through one corner of the struc- E, prongs 9 penetrate slightly and interlock ture of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a perspective view of with rails 2-2' and thereby create pivot an attachment device according to the invenpoints for branch portions 8. Any increase tion, and Fig. 4 a similar view of a modiordecrease of tension on attaching devices fied form thereof. D induces pivotal movement of branchpor- Referring now to-the drawing, the open tions 8 around their pivot points, and also a rectangular frame A made of wooden rails longitudinal movement of main body por- 2 supports yieldingly a resilient seat or bottions 6 of attaching devices I), such move- :zs tom 4 generally comprising a flexible sheet ment being resisted by the inherent tension B of textile fabric, upon which a series of of said attaching devices. At the, same time helical springs S are seated. Bottom 4 is lateral movement of main body portions 6 stretched under tension between side rails takes place. This lateral movement of the 2 and a front rail 2 and for such purpose body portions 6 is in an approaching direcin a plurality of yielding connections are protion relatively to each other under increas-- vided, which include a series of short helical ing tension on attaching devices D thereby springs C and S-shaped hooked members E eliminating or decreasing frictional contact which are attached to the marginal wire rebetween these body portions and the wall of inforcement members 10 of bottom 4 and the openings 7through which those portions 4.) hooked to the rounded looped ends 5 of steel extend. \Vhen tension is relieved the porwire attaching devices or members D. Each tions 6 will of course have a tendency to move member D is formed with straight substanaway from each other. tially parallel legs or main body portions The attaching devices D are generally se- 6 dimensioned to extend slightly at opposite cured t0 the rails in a horizontal plane but 50 sides of rails 22so that the looped ends 5 where conditions require that they lie in another plane in order to adapt the looped ends to the helical springs C or S-shaped hooks E the body portions 6 may be bent accordingly.

As stated above portions 6 under variations in tension on these connecting looped end portions will be induced to shift laterally of each other and thereby decrease or increase the size of the looped ends 5. Too great decrease in the size of such loops may create a binding action between said loops and the hook ends of springs O or Sshaped hooks E. To avoid such action I show in Fig. 4 a modified form of an attaching device D in which the body portions are twisted near the outer ends thereof at 9 to effect increase in the size of loop 5, with consequent increased tension on device D.

The connecting devices described enable the building and installation of a yielding bottom in chairs or couches rapidly and permit use of shorter springs with larger exible sheets of textile fabric without decreasing the spring action and flexibility of the yielding base by reason of the fact that the yielding members D extend through the rails. The arrangement permits use of smaller and cheaper springs and also provides a slight spring action at the front rail.

\Vhat I claim, is: p

1. A chair or couch frame having, or being provided with, a series of openings in the rails of said frame, a yielding bottom supported within said frame, and a series of looped attaching devices extending through said openings and connecting said bottom with said frame, each of said attaching devices including a looped main body extending through one of said openings into the inside of said frame and resilient branches inclined at an acute angle to said main body, the free ends of said inclined branches engaging the outside face of said frame for resilient connection of said bottom and frame.

2. A chair or couch frame having, or being provided with, a series of openings in the rails of said frame, a yielding bottom supported and stretched within said frame, and

a series of resilient and looped attaching devices connecting said bottom with said frame, each of said attaching devices including a looped main body extending through one of said openings into the inside of said frame and resilient branches inclined at an acute angle to the main body of said device and seated with their outer" ends upon the outside face of said frame for resiliently connecting said bottom and frame.

. 3. A chair or couch frame having, or being provided with, a series of openings in the rails of said frame, a yielding bottom supported Within said frame, and looped attaching devices connecting said bottom with said frame, said devices engaging the outside face of said rails and extending with their looped ortions through said openings into the insi e of said frame, and each of said attaching devices including a looped main body portion having closely related straight legs and oppositely arranged pointed branches inclined at an acute angle to said legs and seated with their pointed ends upon the outside face of said rails to permit longitudinal shifting of said looped main body within its opening.

4. An attaching device for resiliently connecting a yielding bottom to a chair or couch frame, comprising a steel wire bent to form a main body portion having closely related straight legs and a loop portion, and oppositely directed branch portions arranged at an acute angle to said legs. I

5. A chair or couch frame having, or being provided with a series of openings in the rails of said frame, a yielding bottom supported and stretched Within said frame, resilient attaching devices seated against the outside face of said rails in alignment with said openings, and short helical springs connecting said yielding bottom with said resilient attaching devices, each of said attaching devices including a main body portion axially aligned with one of said openings and oppositely directed branches inclined at an acute angle to said main body portion and engaging with their free ends the outside face of said frame to permit axial shifting of said main body portion under varying stresses.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JACOB KRONHEIM. 

